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The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The GPO was originally implemented to ensure that government employees who didn’t pay Social Security taxes had their benefits calculated similarly to private-sector workers who did contribute.

The Social Security Fairness Act gets rid of two long-standing laws: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the ...

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security Administration (SSA) reveals.

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

The Issue Eliminating Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) would create an unequal benefit structure and hasten Social Security’s insolvency.

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). This change controversially increased ...

With the repeal of GPO, her sister, the teacher from Texas, will now be able to get her teacher's retirement pension AND full widows benefits from Social Security.

Some seniors claim the Social Security Administration told them not to apply because the GPO would reduce their benefit to zero.